Languages

French

Practice areas

Commercial litigation

Energy and infrastructure

Financial services disputes and investigations

Litigation and dispute management

Practice notes

Ian is our Executive Partner, responsible for the firm’s client strategy and Chairman of Eversheds Sutherland (Europe). In addition to being responsible for the firm’s 19 continental Europe countries, Ian works alongside our Managing Partner International and Co-Chief Executive in the running of Eversheds Sutherland (International). He is also a member of the Global Executive of Eversheds Sutherland. He joined the firm in 1997 and became a partner in 1999.

He spent the first part of his career with a Magic Circle firm, working both in the City and in Asia, with stints in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Much of the work he has handled has involved an international element. He also worked for the firm's ground-breaking inquiries and investigations team, playing a senior role on the Bloody Sunday and Harold Shipman Inquiries, as well as managing substantial claims for the UK Government.

Eversheds Sutherland is the name and brand under which the members of Eversheds Sutherland Limited (Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP) and their respective controlled, managed and affiliated firms and the members of Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited (each an "Eversheds Sutherland Entity" and together the "Eversheds Sutherland Entities") provide legal or other services to clients around the world. Eversheds Sutherland Entities are constituted and regulated in accordance with relevant local regulatory and legal requirements and operate in accordance with their locally registered names. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland, is for description purposes only and does not imply that the Eversheds Sutherland Entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. The responsibility for the provision of services to the client is defined in the terms of engagement between the instructed firm and the client.